Wednesday, April 2

There are parts of fashion that everyone hates. My Dad hates wedge heels and anything baggy or 'vintage'. My Mum hates anything made out of PVC. My 5 year old sister detests wearing the colour green. And My Brother doesn't know the foggiest about fashion, so we just won't go there.

As for me? I hate[d] jumpsuits.

Why i hear you ask? That's a good question. The jumpsuit has been a part of my life for as long as i can remember. For the first couple of years of my life i wore them. My uncle, and close family friend [who are both builders] wore them, and still do to this day. Perhaps it was a jumpsuit overload that has triggered my hatred for the one piece suit, or perhaps it was the imaginable difficulty of taking them off/ putting them back on for toilet trips.

I don't know what it was, but what i do know is that i feel i am being converted. To anyone that read yesterdays post, you'll see i evaluated danish brand eluise which featured not one, but two jumpsuits. And whats more- i loved them. They're slouchy, look comfortable and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours.

Moschino & Stella McCartney S/S '08.

And with all the hype around them for S/S, i feel that perhaps i am ready to embrace this trend. [Which i am annoyed about because i was so adamant i hated them!] So you can imagine my supreme excitement when i saw that GAP UK has produced a jumpsuit similar to the one i mentioned in a previous post from Stella McCartney- and for £510.50 less!:

Note the better quality of my scans- my scanner now works and i have bought photoshop!

So what do you guys think? Should i buy it? It is growing on me... and at £39.50 its cheap.. enough..?Your opinions are needed!

38 comments:

for a minute i was about to say- stay away unless you're your uncle! but that gap one looks more like chic overalls than a jumpsuit! so go for it! just keep it simple

american magazine! aha! this is an area i know quite well ;) considering i read 11 on vacation haha (i also know some of the uk counterparts, so i can do some compare contrasts)

Vogue- the original vogue is definitely a must-buy if you don't already subscribe. Stunning editorials, gorgeous clothes, endless inspiration, intelligent articles, some pompousness, but still worth it.

ELLE- I also like ELLE, its a little less highbrow compared to Vogue, but still has a lot of fashion info, really good celeb interviews, and just covers a lot more material than Vogue ever does, most of the articles are fairly interesting no matter who you are, i once spent a 5hr plane flight reading it ;)

NYLON- Definitely the hipster magazine, and I say that in both a good and a bad way. They cover indie bands, films, and clothing labels. They are more raw than most mags- featuring less trends and therefore a more original outlook

btw, i know what borders you're talking about. i love that borders! :) its 10x better than any US borders (and its from the uS!?) plus you actually have starbucks in it. in the US borders has its own lame coffeehouse & the starbucks is in barnes & noble (my favorite book store chain). anyway, i have a fond relationship w/ the cambridge borders because i went there for the final Potter book @ midnight

answer better your question..when you go to the jornalism university you study some art and fashion too at during the course. If you wanna, it´s good too, after graduation, doing a graduate course in fashion jornalism. But, what´s the most important, in my opinion, is know the subject you write about and this you are learning here in the blogs. It´s great too read books about the fashion world and the history of the labels, designers and tendencies in each decade pasted, that´s something that i strongly recomend, if you wanna persue that carreer...so, i hope i have helped you and good luck, jornalism it´s an amazing world!!!

Definitely buy it - that's the hottest jumpsuit I've seen! Although there was a particular one that Nicole Richie used to wear which would even make ME convert, but that was a romper and I guess they're sort of different...Romanyxx

...hmmm...the stella mccartney jumpsuit looks quite nice, even for a jumpsuit. it looks better than the gap one. well jumpsuits/rompers are one trend i DON'T LIKE AT ALL. so much difficulty wearing them, and in my opinion it's more for little children or builders. i know the feeling when you start getting used to a trend that you previously hated, but you can't fight it ^^if i was you, i'd buy the stella mccartney jumpsuit (if i had the money) but not the gap one, but i don't know about you, which one you like better.

it's okay, i don't think it's the best thing to spend that kind of money on. i mean, just wait until it's marked down...a lot. also, think: r u really going to wear a jumpsuit? in the pic advertising it, it looks like the girl is wearing overalls at her grampa's beet farm.

Hi molly!!I have always liked jumpsuits but they have to be a certain cut or my butt looks funny hehe, the stella and the gap ones look fab, though!!I have a friend who will NOT wear red or pink no matter what, she has the most beautiful red handbag and won't use it for her life!

(p.s. I wasn't expecting so many comments, either!! I'm so flattered and motivated and all sorts of good things! ;))

I lvoe jumpsuits but the Gap one doesnt look very nice in real life I dont think - it kind of has a weird shape. I am going to go for the full length grey sweat one from TopShop unique when it is finally available..

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs. - Coco Chanel.

MOLLY

im a simple girl really. give me some chewits and a magazine and i'll love you forever. i pretty much spend all of my time working on my 'education', but other than that i'll be shopping or sleeping.